A List of

Chile
Butterflies 
and Moths


Noting those during
Focus On Nature Tours
with an (*)





A List of Chilean Butterflies and Moths compiled by Armas Hill  

Upper right photo: a Variegated Fritillary, a species that occurs locally in Chile 

Codes relating to illustrations in various books:

Numbers noted as (BB:xx) refer to pages in "Butterflies of Buenos Aires (Argentina)", by Gustavo Canals

Numbers noted as (C:xx) refer to pages in "A World of Butterflies", with text by Brian Cassie, and photographs (superb) by Kjell Sandved

Numbers noted as (DV:xx) refer to pages in "Butterflies Of South America", by Bernard D'Abrera    

Numbers noted as (F:xx) refer to pages in "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Butterflies", by Dr. John Feltwell  

Numbers noted as (MM:xx) refer to pages in "Mariposas (Butterflies) of Missiones (Argentina)", by Gustavo Canals  

Numbers noted as (S:xx) refer to pages in the "Smithsonian Handbook, Butterflies & Moths", by David Carter.

Numbers noted as (WGC:xx) refer to pages in "A Wildlife Guide to Chile" by Sharon Chester, an excellent book not just about butterflies and moths but all of the nature of Chile 

Links with this List:

PAPILIONIDAE:  Swallowtails     PIERIDAE:  Whites, Yellows, Marbles

LYCAENIDE:  Gossamer Wings     NYMPHALIDAE:  Brushfoots     HESPERIIDAE:  Skippers

Other Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in South America in Chile & Argentina

Lists & Photo Galleries of Birds, including those in South America

Lists & Photo Galleries of Mammals & Other Wildlife, relating to South America

Lists of Photo Galleries of Amphibians & Reptiles, including those in South America

Directory of Photos in this Website

List of Butterflies:


       Family PAPILIONIDAE: SWALLOWTAILS (and allies): 

          Worldwide, there are totally about 700 known species of SWALLOWTAILS.


          Genus BATTUS: PIPEVINE SWALLOWTAILS 

1. Battus polydamas archidamas  ______   (DA:19) (F:38) (MM:140) (S:55) (WGC:93)  (subspecies in Chile) 
   Polydamas Swallowtail (also called The Gold Rim, or Black Page) (Note Polydamas was a Trojan prince.)
   CH name: Papilio Negro (and Aristolochia Swallowtail, referring to the scientific name of the subspecies)
   (Range: throughout the Americas & the Antilles) 
   
   In the tropics, Battus polydamas is continuously brooded. Butterflies live about a week.
   
   
   
   
   The Polydamas Swallowtail, the Gold Rim
   
   
   Family PIERIDAE: most are predominantly white, yellow, or orange in color, 
   and are often referred to as WHITES, YELLOWS, SULPHURS, or MARBLES          
   Worldwide, approximately 1,000 species of whites & sulphurs have been described.  
   
   
   Genus EROESSA:  1 species, confined to low and middle altitudes in Chile only. Considered rare & local.
   
   
2. Eroessa chilensis ______   (DA:54) (WGC:97)
   Eroessa Butterfly
   CH common name: Mariposa eroesa
   (Range: Chile, endemic. It occurs locally on the coast from Maule to Aisen, and in the foothills of Cautin, Osorno, and Llanquihue.)
   
   Eroessa chilensis is greenish-white. The forewings have a conspicuous, orange transverse band and dark brown wingtips.
   The species lives in Nothofagus forest clearings, where it appears in the spring to feed on red, pink, or white flowers of plants such as the Chilco (Fuchsia magellanica) and Mora (Rubus sp.).    
   
   
   Genus MATHANIA:  7 species occurring only in temperate zones or mountainous regions in western South America 
   The leaf-lie appearance of the hindwing underside of the species in this genus affords some camouflage protection.  
   
   
3. Mathania leucothea  ______  (WGC:97)
   CH common name: Mariposa del Quintral
   (Range: in Chile, from Coquimbo to Valdivia) 
   
   Mathania leucothea can be common in gardens especially near Quintral (Tristerix sp.), an epiphytic plant on which it lays its eggs. 
   
   
   Genus PIERIS
   
   
4. Pieris brassicae  ______  (WGC:97)
   Large White
   CH common name; Mariposa Blanca de la Col
   (Range: in Chile, from Coquimbo to Valdivia, in vegetable gardens, along roadsides, and in towns)
   
   Pieris brassicae is an introduced species in Chile, where it can be an agricultural pest. It is native to Eurasia.     
   
   
   Genus TATOCHILA: About 15 species endemic to the southern part of South America, from approximately southern Brazil to Tierra del Fuego; and at moderate to high altitudes from Venezuela to Peru.
   
   
5. Tatochila theodice  ______   (WGC:97)
   Andean Foothills White
   CH common name: Mariposa Blanca Preandina
   (Range: in Chile, from Arica to Valdivia)
   
   
6. Tatochila mercedes  (*)  ______   (WGC:97)
   Common White Tatochila
   CH common name: Mariposa Mercedes
   (Range: in Chile, from Arica to Magallanes)  
   
   
   Genus HYPSOCHILA: 6 species are in this genus similar to TATOCHILA, differentiated by their smaller size and generally more grayish ground color in both sexes. From Peru to Tierra del Fuego.
   
   
7. Hypsochila wagenknecti  ______  
   CH common name: Mariposa de Wagenknect
   (Range: in Chile, from Coquimbo to Santiago, where it is common in foothill areas)
   
   
8. Hypsochila argyrodice  ______  
   Pampas White
   CH common name: Mariposa Blanca de la Estepa
   (Range: in Chile, on the Patagonian steppe, where it is uncommon)  
   
   
   Genus PHULIA: A group of from 3 to 12 species. Their most outstanding characteristic is that they occur at South American high elevations, up to 16,000 ft. (5,000 meters) above sea level. So, observing these little butterflies in the wild would be beyond the capacity of most.
   
   
9. Phula nimphula nympha ______   (DA:70)
   CH common name: Mariposa Blanca Andina
   (Range: central Chile, Argentina, Bolivia - at very high altitudes; in Chile, common in the Andes from Arica to Santiago)
   
   
   Genus INTRAPHULIA
   
   
10. Intraphulia ilyodes  ______     
    CH common name: Fulia de Pantano
    (Range: In Chile, in high Andean bofedales and marshes from Arica to Antofagasta)
    
    
    Subfamily COLIADINAE: SULPHURS
    
    300 species worldwide
    
    
    Genus COLIAS: SULPHURS:  This genus in South America tends to occupy temperate and/or high altitude habitats. Essentially, this genus, of 10 species, is Holarctic (North American/Eurasian).  
    
    
11. Colias (or Zerene) cesonia ______   (C:249) (F:109) (WGC:93)
    (Southern) Dogface 
    CH common name: Mariposa amarilla boliviana
    (Range: Mexico to Argentina; in Chile in the valleys of Arica & Tarapaca) 
    
    The Dogface, or Colias cesonia, is common, particularly so where there is cattle ranching. The leguminous plants on which it breeds are used for cattle. 
    Overall, Colias cesonia is lemon-colored. It has broad, irregular black margins on the forewings that suggest a dog's face in silhouette.   
    
    
    
    
    Southern Dogface
    (photo by Doris Potter)
    
    
12. Colias lesbia  ______   
    Colias lesbia andina  ______  (DA:56)
    Lucen's Butterfly
    CH common name: Colias Argentina 
    (Range: Bolivia to Tierra del Fuego; in Chile in Nuble, Malleco, and Magallanes)
    
    Colias lesbia is sexually dimorphic. The wings of the male are orange with black margins. Those of the female are gray with darker gray spots.
     
    
13. Colias vauthierii  ______   (WGC:93)
    CH common name: Colias de la Alfalfa
    (Range: in Chile, from Atacama to Chiloe)
    
    Colias vauthierii is sexually dimorphic. The wings of the male are orange with black margins. Those of the female are gray with black or dark patches.
    Colias vauthierii is found in alfalfa fields, as is the previous species, Colias lesbia.
    
    
14. Colias flaveola  ______  
    CH common name: Colias de Blanchard
    (Range: in high Andean valleys in Argentina & Chile, where it is a common species)
    
    Colias flaveola is a pale grayish-green. Males have an orange spot on the hindwing.
      
    
15. Colias mendozina  ______  
    CH common name: Colias de Mendoza
    (Range: Primarily an Argentine species. In Chile, rare on hillsides and quebredas of the Aconcagua Valley near Portillo) 
    
    Colias mendozina is a pale gray.
    
    
    Genus PHOEBIS: GIANT SULPHURS: the most conspicuous tropical sulphurs,  common, and found in open areas & forest edges, adult males cluster on moist sand along rivers & streams 
    
    
16. Phoebis sennae amphitrite  (*)  ______  (C:247) (DA:57) (F:105) (WGC:93) 
    Cloudless Sulphur
    CH common name: Mariposa Limonera
    (Range: southern US to Argentina, also in Antilles. In Chile, from Atacama to Valdivia)
     
    Phoebis sennae can be abundant in both lowlands & highlands. It prospers in open land.
    
    
    
    
    Cloudless Sulphur
    
    
    Genus EUREMA: SMALL YELLOWS 
    
    
17. Eurema (or Terias) deva chilensis  ______  (WGC:93) 
    CH common name: Mariposa Amarilla
    (Range: in central Chile, from Copiapo to Aconcagua)
    
    The larvae of Eurema deva feed (in Chile) on the mimosa tree, Cassia stipulacea, 
    In central Chile, where the butterfly is very common, it occurs in scrub on Andean slopes up to around 5,500 feet above sea level. The butterfly is a slow flier.
    
    
    Family LYCAENIDAE  (GOSSAMER WINGS): including: HAIRSTREAKS, BLUES
     
    Throughout the world but mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. 
    The sexes often differ in coloration, and the undersides usually differ from the upper surfaces.
    
    Among several distinct groups are the HAIRSTREAKS, 
    with tails and bright eyespot markings on the hindwings, creating a "false head" at the rear, to divert attackers.
     
    Thus far, worldwide, about 5,000 species in this family have been discovered and named. 
    Caterpillars of many of these species are closely associated with ants.
    
    
    Genus MINISTRYMON: HAIRSTREAKS of North & South America that have adaptations for living in deserts. Breed on mesquites, spiny trees, and shrubs of the Proposis genus, which grow in deserts, especially by watercourses. The colors of the butterflies are blue, gray, and black.  
    
    
18. Ministrymon azia ______   (WGC:97)
    Gray Ministreak (or Azia Hairstreak)
    CH common name: Licena Invasora
    (Range: south Texas to southern Brazil, also West Indies. In Chile, from Arica to Atacama)
    
    Ministrymon azia lives in arid places. It favors thorn scrub and matorral.
    
    
19. Ministrymon quebradivaga  ______  (WGC:97)
    CH common name: Licena de la Quebrada
    (Range: in Chile, in the valleys of Arica and Tarapaca)
    
    Ministrymon quebradivaga flies above treetops.
    
    
    Genus EISELIANA
    
    
20. Eiseliana bicolor  ______  (WGC:97)
    Bicolored Hairstreak
    CH common name: Licena de Dos Colores
    (Range: in Chile, from Atacama to Biobio, where it is common near flowers and flowering shrubs)
    
    
    Genus HEODA
    
    
21. Heoda wagenknecti  ______  
    CH common name: Licena de Wagenknect
    (Range: in Chile, from Atacama to Coquimbo, in a variety of habitats)
    
    Heoda wagenkncecti is gray with a large spot of orange on the wings. 
    
    
22. Heoda nivea  ______  
    CH common name: Licena Nevada
    (Range: in Chile, from Coquimbo to Aisen, in Andean foothills)   
    
    Heoda nivea is brown. 
    
    
    Genus STRYMON: SCRUB HAIRSTREAKS: In both North & South America. Butterflies exhibit seasonal variation. 
    
    
23. Strymon eurytulus ______  (MM:210) (WGC:97)
    Scrub Hairstreak
    CH common name: Licena Tornasol Comun 
    (Range: in Chile, from Atacama to Chiloe, in woodlands, fields, and gardens)
    
    
24. Strymon crambusa  ______  
    CH common name: Licena de Atacama
    (Range: in Chile, along the Atacama coast near Caldera, where it is rare) 
    
    
    Subfamily POLYOMMATINAE: BLUES
    
    Very small butterflies, mostly blue above. Females of many are browner.
    
    
    Genus ITYLOS
    
    
25. Itylos titicaca  ______   (WGC:97)
    Dwarf Blue
    CH common name:  Licena enana
    (Range: in Chile, from Arica to Antofagasta; also in Peru & Bolivia)
    
    Itylos titicaca is found in Astagalus milk vetch on the puna steppe, and in bofedales and Polylepis groves above 10,000 feet.
    
    
    Genus LEPTOTES
    
     
26. Leptotes trigemmatus  ______   (WGC:97)
    Tamarugo Blue
    CH common name: Licena del Tamarugo
    (Range: in Chile, from Arica to Santiago)
    
    The larvae of Leptotes trigemmatus live in association with ants. The larvae feed on buds, flowers, and leaves, of Prosopis tamarugo, a tree cultivated for fodder in the Atacama Desert. These larvae are a major food source for the bird known as the Tamarugo Conebill.
    
    
    Genus PSEUOLUCIA:  There are 21 species in this genus in Chile. They come in a broad range of colors, ranging from blue to brown to silver, often with orange, white, or brown patterns and an overlay of blue to silver iridescence. 
    Females and males differ in color or markings in most species.
    
    
27. Pseuolucia chilensis  ______   (WGC:97)
    Chilean Blue
    CH common name: Licena Morena
    (Range: in Chile, from Atacama to Santiago)
    
    
28. Pseuolucia collina  ______  
    CH common name: Licena Celeste
    (Range: in Chile, from Coquimbo to Nuble)
    
    Pseudolucia collina butterflies are often seen resting on the ground, or flying around flowers and shrubs in open areas in the foothills.  
    
    
29. Pseudolucia lyrnessa  ______  
    CH common name: Licena Confusa
    (Range: in Chile, from Coquimbo to Biobio)
    
    
30. Pseudolucia aureliana  ______  
    Aurelian Blue
    (Range: in Chile, in the Atacama Mountains)
    
    Both males and females of the Aurelian Blue are a deep lustrous blue with checkered fringes. 
    The species is named for "the Aurelian", a short story in which Pilgrim, an ardent butterfly collector, is unable to fulfill his dream of journeying to the tropics.
    
    
31. Pseudolucia charlotte  ______  
    Charlotte's Blue
    (Range: in Patagonian areas of Argentina & Chile)
    
    Pseudolucia charlotte is named for Lolita's mother, Charlotte.
    
    
32. Pseudolucia hazeorum  ______  
    CH common name: Licena de los Haze
    (Range: in Chile, in the Andes above 6,500 feet above sea level)
    
    
33. Pseudolucia whitakeri  ______  
    Whitaker's Blue
    (Range: in Chile and Argentina in Patagonia) 
    
    
34. Pseudolucia zembla  ______  
    Zembla Blue
    (Range: in Chile, in the Andes)  
    
    
    Family NYMPHALIDAE: BRUSHFOOTS
    Cosmopolitan, with subfamilies range from 8 to 25, depending upon taxonomic treatment.
    
    This is the most diverse family of butterflies, with approximately 6,000 known species worldwide. 
    Brushfoot butterflies appear 4 rather than 6-legged as their 2 front legs are much reduced.
    
    
    Subfamily LIBYTHEINAE: SNOUTS 
    
    Genus LIBYTHEANA: SNOUTS
    
     
35. Libytheana carinenta   ______   (C:281) (F:175) (MM:255) (S:146) (WGC:101)
    American Snout (or Snout Butterfly)
    CH common name: Mariposa Comun del Tropico  
    (Range: southern US to Argentina. In Chile, locally in coastal Linares)  
    
    
    Genus VANESSA: LADY BUTTERFLIES 
    
    
36. Vanessa carye  (*)  ______   (MM:321) (WGC:101)
    Four-eyed Lady
    CH common name: Mariposa Colorada
    (Range: widespread in South America in a variety of habitats, including towns and cities. In Chile, Arica to Magallanes)
    
    Vanessa carye is a smaller sister species of the Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui.
    The larvae feeds on nettles and mallows.
    
    
    
    A Four-eyed Lady photographed on Chiloe Island
    during the FONT Chile Tour in November 2011
    (photo by Frank Stermitz)
    
    
37. Vanessa terpsichore  ______  
    CH common name: Mariposa Colorada de Philippi
    (Range: in Chile, occurs commonly from Coquimbo to Magallanes)
    
    Vanessa terpsichore is very similar to Vanessa carye, but it is paler.
    
    
    Genus DIONE
    
    
38. Dione glycera  ______   (WGC:101)
    Andean Silverspot
    CH common name: Mariposa Dione
    (Range: in Chile, in Arica and Tarapaca, where it occurs in open and deforested areas, villages and towns, and in mid-elevation valleys)
    
    
    Genus YRAMEA
    
    
39. Yramea cytheris  ______   (WGC:101)
    Cyntheris Fritillary
    CH common name: Mariposa Pintada Comun
    (Range: in Chile, from Santiago to Magallanes)
    
    Yramea cytheris is often seen resting on the ground.
    
    
    
    A Cyntheris Fritillary at Torres del Paine Park in southern Chile 
    (photo courtesy of Jim Zuckerman)
    
    
40. Yramea lathonioides  ______  
    CH common name: Mariposa Pintada de la Altura
    (Range: in Chile, from Atacama to Magallanes, in foothills and mountains)
    
    
41. Yramea modesta  ______  
    CH common name: Mariposita Pintada Chica
    (Range: in Chile, from Coquimbo to Llanquihue, where it is uncommon in the high Andes)
    
    
    Genus EUPTOIETA
    
    
42. Euptoieta claudia hortensia  ______    (MM:338) (WGC:101)   
    Variegated Fritillary
    CH common name: Mariposa Hortensia
    (Range: Canada thru Central & South America, also the West Indies. In Chile, from Coquimbo to Valdivia)
    
    
    
    
    Variegated Fritillary
    (photo by Doris Potter)
    
    
    Genus DANAUS: ROYALTY, MILKWEED BUTTERFLIES
    
    
43. Danaus plexippus erippus ______   (C:37) (F:143) (S:184) (WGC:97)    
    CH common name: Monarcha
    Monarch
    (Range: a truly cosmopolitan species, occurring in North & south America, Australia, and the East Indies) 
    
    Danaus plexippus is a very strong flier with strong migratory tendencies in temperate regions, but not in the tropics or  elsewhere in South America, such as Chile, where it is usually a solitary flier and does not migrate.
    
    
    
    
    Monarch
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
    Subfamily SATYRINAE: SATYRS
    
    Most SATYRS are drab colored. The butterflies are brown or gray and have eyespots (ocelli) on both the upper and lower faces of the wings. Their flight is fast and erratic, and they are most often seen at dawn and dusk. 
    The butterflies feed on flower nectar. 
    SATYRS produce only one brood annually, and they overwinter as larvae.      
    
    
44. Argyrophorus argenteus  ______   (WGC:101)
    Silver Satyr
    CH common name: Mariposa Plateada 
    (Range: in Chile, from Coquimbo to Aisen, in a wide variety of habitats.
    
    Argyrophorus argenteus has a very fast flight.
    
    
45. Argyrophorus penai  ______  
    (Range: in Chile, a rare resident in the mountains of Antofagasta)
    
    
46. Cosmosatyrus chilensis  ______   (WGC:101)
    Common Chilean Satyr
    CH common name: Satirido Negro Comun
    (Range: in Chile, from Atacama to Magellanes)
    
    Cosmosatyrus chilensis is one of the most common butterflies in Chile.
    
    
47. Cosmosatyrus leptoneuroides  ______  
    CH common name: Mariposa del Coiron
    (Range: in Chile, from Coquimbo to Magallanes, where it inhabits high altitude grasslands)
    
    
48. Fanula leocognele  ______  
    CH common name: Satirido de Ocelo Blanco
    (Range: in Chile, from Tarapaca to Nuble, in the High Andes)
    
    
49. Fanula patagonia ______  
    CH common name: Satirido de la Estepa Patagonica
    (Range: in Chile, in Aisen on steppes)  
    
    
50. Chillanella (or Tetraphlebia) stelligera  ______  
    Starry Satyr
    CH common name: Satirido Estrellado
    (Range: in Chile, from Coquimbo to Valdivia)
    
    
51. Tetraphlebia germaini  ______   (WGC:100)
    CH common name: Satirido de Franja Gris
    (Range: in Chile, from Santiago to Nuble, in foothills and high mountains) 
    
    
52. Neosatyrus ambriorix  ______  
    Ochre-banded Satyr
    CH common name: Satirido de Banda Ocre
    (Range: in Chile, from Valparaiso to Valdivia) 
    
    
53. Neomaenas janiriodes  ______   (WGC:101)
    Janiriodes Satyr
    CH common name: Satirido Confuso
    (Range: from Coquimbo to Valdivia, where it is common in a variety of habitats)
    
    
54. Neomaenas monarchus  ______   (WGC:101)
    Monachus Satyr
    CH common name: Satirido Monacal
    (Range: from Coquimbo to Aisen)
    
    
55. Neomaenas fractifascia  ______  
    CH common name: Satirido Rojizo
    (Range: from Nuble to Valdivia, in places with bamboo thickets; it can be common)   
    
    
56. Auca pales  ______    (WGC:101)
    Pale Satyr
    CH common name: Satirido Palido
    (Range: from Santiago in Chile to southern Argentina; can be common)
    
    
57. Auca coctei  ______  
    Coctei Satyr
    CH common name: Satirido Coctel
    (Range: in Chile, from Coquimbo to Aisen) 
    
    
58. Elina montroli  ______   (WGC:102)
    Matorral Satyr
    CH common name: Satirido Grande del Matorral
    (Range: in Chile, from Valparaiso to Valdivia, in matorral)
    
    
59. Elina vanessoides  ______   (WGC:102)
    CH common name: Satirido Danzarino
    (Range: in Chile, from Concepcion to Isla Chiloe, in Nothofagus forest) 
    
    
60. Nelia nemyroides  ______  
    CH common name: Satirido del Sotobosque  
    (Range: in Chile, from Cachapoal to Llanquihue, in Chusquea bamboo understory, where it can common)
    
    
    Family HESPERIIDAE: SKIPPERS 
    
    A very large family (3,000 species throughout the world) of stout-bodied short-winged butterflies that resemble day-flying moths. The adult butterfly's flight resembles a 'skipping' motion when going from flower to flower. Their forewings are closed above their back when they are settled.
    
    
    Genus URBANUS: LONG-TAILED SKIPPERS
    
    
61. Urbanus proteus proteus  ______   (BB:53) (MM:49) (S:36) (WGC:93) 
    (Common) Long-tailed Skipper
    CH common name: Hesperia de Proteo
    (Range: south Texas to Argentina, also Florida & West Indies. In Chile, in the Azapa and Lluta Valleys in Arica, and in other similar habitats in northern Chile)
    
    
62. Urbanus dorantes ______   (BB:55) (MM:51) 
    Dorantes Longtail (or Skipper)
    CH common name: Hesperia Dorantes
    (Range: south Texas to Argentina, also in Florida & the West Indies. In Chile, in the Azapa Valley, Arica)
    
    
63. Butleria flavomaculata  ______  (WGC:93)
    Spot-winged Skipperling
    CH common name: Hesperia de Alas Manchadas
    (Range: Chile, endemic; common from Coquimbo to Aisen)
    
    
64. Butleria fruticolens patagonica  ______  
    CH common name: Hesperia Manchada
    (Range: in southern Chile, it is common)   
    
    
65. Butleria paniscoides  ______
    Chilean Skipperling
    CH common name: Hesperia Chilena 
    (Range: in Chile, from Coquimbo to Aisen, where common)
    
    
66. Butleria elwesi  ______
    CH common name: Hesperia de Elwes
    (Range: in Chile, from Aconcagua to Chiloe, in bamboo thickets)
    
    
67. Butleria philippi  ______
    CH common name: Hesperia de Philippi  
    (Range: in Chile, from Nuble to Osorno, in bamboo thickets, uncommon)
    
    
68. Argopteron aureipennis  ______
    Gold-winged Skipper
    CH common name: Lluvia de Oro
    (Range: in Chile, from Biobio to Valdivia in bamboo thickets; it can be common)
    
    
69. Argopteron puelmae  ______
    CH common name: Hesperia de Puelma
    (Range: in Chile, from Maule to Aisen in Nothofagus forest, where red, pink, or white flowers are present; it can be common)
    
    
70. Argopteron aureum  ______
    CH common name: Hesperia Dorada
    (Range: in Chile, in Linares)
    
    Argopteron aureum is a rare species that is found in bamboo thickets in the Cordillera de Parral.  
    
    
    Genus ERYNNIS: TRUE DUSKY WINGS
    
    
71. Erynnis funeralis  ______   (BB:83) (MM:94) (WGC:93)
    Funereal Dusky Wing
    CH common name: Hesperia Negra
    (Range: southwest US to Argentina. In Chile, from Atacama to Araucania)
    
    
    Genus PYRGUS: CHECKERED SKIPPERS  (or GRIZZLED SKIPPERS)
    
    Species in Chile are dusky brown with pale squared spots. The larvae feed on mallows.  
    
     
72. Pyrgus barrosi  ______  
    CH common name: Hesperia de Octavio
    (Range: in Chile, in Antofagasta at sandy sites with leguminous vegetation, at around 13,000 feet above sea level)
    
    
73. Pyrgus bocchoris  ______   (WGC:93)
    Grizzled Skipper
    CH common name: Hesperia de Tres Manchas
    (Range: in Chile, commonly from Arica to Biobio) 
    
    
74. Pyrgus fides  ______  
    CH common name: Hesperia Parda
    (Range: in Chile, fairly common from Arica to central Chile)
    
    
75. Pyrgus notatus  ______  
    CH common name: Hesperia Parda Comun
    (Range: in Chile, fairly common from Santiago to Valdivia)
    
    
    Genus HELIOPYRGUS
    
    
76. Heliopyrgus (formerly Pyrgus) americanus bellatrix  ______   (BB:87) (MM:95) 
    CH common name: Hesperia Gris Comun
    (Range: in Chile, from Atacama to Biobio)
    
    The flight of Heliopyrgus americanus in Chile is from September to May.
    
    
    Genus HYLEPHILA: BRANDED SKIPPERS 
    
    
77. Hylephila fasciolata  ______  
    CH common name: Hesperia del Pasto
    (Range: in Chile, from Atacama to Magallanes)
    
    
78. Hylephila signata  ______  
    CH common name: Hesperia Amarilla Comun
    (Range: in Chile, from Atacama to Magallanes)
    
    
79. Hylephila venusta  ______  
    CH common name: Hesperia Elegante
    (Range: in Chile, from Nuble to Aisen)
    
    
    Genus LERODEA
    
    
80. Lerodea eufala ______  
    Eufala Skipper
    CH common name: Hesperia Eufala
    (Range: southern US to southern Argentina, also Cuba. In Chile, from Atacama to Valdivia)
    
    Eufala Skippers feed on nectar from flowering alfalfa and daisies. They occur in open, sunny areas in vacant lots, agricultural fields, road edges, and lawns.
    
    
    
    
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